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Lord Of The Flies Character Analysis

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The Lord of Flies novel set into motion the conflicts between three boys who want to be in charge of the rest of the boys. Stranded on a deserted island from a plane crash the boys must learn to survivor while still trying to keep the social order. This conflict demonstrates Freud’s psychoanalytic theory in behavior of the three main characters, Jack the ID, Ralph the Ego and Piggy the superego.
Jack is a pugnacious character who is not interested in following the rules which is a perfect example of the ID in which he tries to overpower the Ego which is signified by Ralph. Consequently, Jack finds pleasure in brutality he will inflict on the Ego and is reflected with the incident when Ralph is setting the rules to preserve the order of a normal society. “We’ll have rules! he cried excitedly. “Lots of rules! Then when any one breaks’ em (Golding 33). Here it shows that Jack has no interest in following the rules, but is thrilled about the violence if someone breaks one of them. Jack displays how his desires will override his willingness to remain a member of society. Jack propensity toward violence and killings, which is reflected when Jack would talk about hunting and killing the beast. “There isn’t a snake thing. But if there was a snake we’d hunt it and kill it. We are going to hunt pigs to get meat for everyone.” (Golding 36). Shows he has a preoccupation with hunting and killing. Furthermore, Jack was so much into hunting, he let the opportunity to get rescue

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